Dow announces the pricing of its cash tender offers - Aug 31, 2020

MIDLAND, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Dow Chemical Company (“TDCC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW), announced today the pricing terms of its previously-announced cash tender offers (each, individually with respect to a series of Notes, a “Tender Offer” with respect to such series, and collectively, the “Tender Offers”) to purchase certain of its debt securities and certain debt securities of Union Carbide Corporation (“Union Carbide”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TDCC, listed in the table below (collectively, the “Notes”) in an aggregate purchase price (excluding accrued interest) of up to $550 million (the “Maximum Tender Offer Amount”). The terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are described in the Offer to Purchase and remain unchanged.

The following table sets forth the total consideration for each series of Notes:

TDCC also announced that it has elected to have an early settlement date for the Tender Offers, anticipated to be on September 1, 2020, for Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 28, 2020 (the “Early Tender Deadline”) and accepted for purchase.

Because the aggregate purchase price of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Tender Deadline exceeded the Maximum Tender Offer Amount, we will accept such Notes for purchase subject to the Acceptance Priority Levels and Tender Caps set forth in the table above and the proration arrangements applicable to the Tender Offers, and we will not accept any Notes tendered after the Early Tender Deadline. Notes not accepted for purchase will be promptly credited to the account of the registered holder of such Notes with The Depository Trust Company in accordance with the Offer to Purchase. TDCC has accepted for purchase $88,601,000 aggregate principal amount of the 3.500% Senior Notes due 2024 validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Early Tender Deadline on a prorated basis as described in the Offer to Purchase, using a proration factor of approximately 0.34%. Any 3.500% Senior Notes due 2024 not accepted for purchase will be returned promptly to holders following the Pricing Date. TDCC will not accept for purchase any 3.625% Senior Notes due 2026 tendered in the Tender Offers.

Our obligation to accept for payment and to pay for any of the Notes validly tendered in the Tender Offers is not subject to any minimum purchase price of Notes in the aggregate or of any series being tendered, but is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions described in the Offer to Purchase. The financing condition described in the Offer to Purchase was satisfied on August 26, 2020, upon Dow’s consummation of an offering of senior debt securities in an aggregate principal amount of $2.0 billion. Dow reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to amend, extend or terminate any of the Tender Offers at any time in its sole discretion.

TDCC has retained BofA Securities to act as lead dealer manager in connection with the Tender Offers (the “Lead Dealer Manager”) and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. to act as Co-Dealer Managers (the “Co-Dealer Managers” and, together with the Lead Dealer Manager, the “Dealer Managers”). Questions and requests for assistance regarding the terms of the Tender Offers should be directed to BofA Securities at (980) 387-3907 (collect) or debt_advisory@bofa.com (email); BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at (888) 210-4358 (toll-free); and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at (866) 811-8049 (toll-free). Copies of the Offer to Purchase and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the depositary and information agent for the Tender Offers (the “Depositary and Information Agent”), by calling (212) 430-3774 (for banks and brokers only) or (866) 470-4300 (toll-free) (for all others) or via contact@gbsc-usa.com.

None of TDCC, Union Carbide, the Depositary and Information Agent, the Dealer Managers or the trustee under the indenture governing the Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any recommendation as to whether Holders should tender or refrain from tendering all or any portion of their Notes in response to the Tender Offers, and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such a recommendation. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender their Notes and, if so, the principal amount of Notes as to which action is to be taken. Holders should consult their tax, accounting, financial and legal advisers regarding the tax, accounting, financial and legal consequences of participating or declining to participate in the Tender Offers.

The Tender Offers are only being made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. This press release is neither an offer to purchase or sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell any Notes in the Tender Offers or any other securities of TDCC and Union Carbide. The Tender Offers are not being made to Holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offers are required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offers will be deemed to be made on behalf of TDCC or Union Carbide by the Dealer Managers, or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

Union Carbide Corporation is a chemicals and polymers company that has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company since 2001.

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Risks related to achieving the anticipated benefits of Dow’s separation from DowDuPont include, but are not limited to, a number of conditions outside the control of Dow, including risks related to: (i) Dow’s inability to achieve some or all of the benefits that it expects to receive from the separation from DowDuPont; (ii) certain tax risks associated with the separation; (iii) the failure of Dow’s pro forma financial information to be a reliable indicator of Dow’s future results; (iv) Dow’s inability to receive third-party consents required under the separation agreement; (v) non-compete restrictions under the separation agreement; (vi) receipt of less favorable terms in the commercial agreements Dow entered into with DuPont and Corteva, Inc. (“Corteva”), including restrictions under intellectual property cross-license agreements, than Dow would have received from an unaffiliated third party; and (vii) Dow’s obligation to indemnify DuPont and/or Corteva for certain liabilities.

Where, in any forward-looking statement, an expectation or belief as to future results or events is expressed, such expectation or belief is based on the current plans and expectations of management and expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. For a more detailed discussion of Dow’s risks and uncertainties, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in Part II, Item 1A of the combined Dow Inc. and TDCC Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020 and Part I, Item 1A of the combined Dow Inc. and TDCC Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. Dow Inc. and TDCC assume no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by securities and other applicable laws.

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